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Newspaper
The Democratic Banner
Location
Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1913
Page
5
A long OCR fragment lists questions for a teacher certification exam covering truant laws schooling funds and opinions on entertainments and discipline, plus sections on history geography grammar anatomy and science. It includes references to John Adams and the Boston Massacre, colonial topics, and various arithmetic and language tasks.
The questions explore cover crops value to soil and fruit tree growth, causes of seed corn damage, balanced versus nutritive rations, weed and waste development, good smokealand practices, and critique of a vision in a quoted text. Answers should reference agronomy, crop rotation, and sustainability principles with practical community applications.
The fragment outlines school agriculture topics and asks about soil cultivation effects, water over-saturation, land fertility loss, key soil elements, timing of barnyard manure, seed corn selection, plant diseases, ears, and grain destruction. It reads as a prompt for rural education material.
Wallace C Yaple of Ross County will be chairman of the newly appointed Industrial commission. Governor Cox indicated Yaple shall head it and that William C Archer of Lancaster shall be secretary. Yaple is a member of the state liability board of awards, Archer already serves as secretary there with a noted record of efficiency.
In New York 100000 trainmen and conductors across 62 eastern railroads will hear the strike vote result after an employees committee and managers board meet. Elisha Lee says despite 90 percent voting to strike, wage demands will be refused. In Erie Pa a centennial Peace Day marks Commodore Perry’s 1813 victory with bells, cannons, and interdenominational services.
Four Rochester men lost their lives in a Lake Ontario storm when their yacht returning from Oswego was torn apart by waves near Sodua Point. The casualties, named as Frank Balser and Frank McCullough, occurred during the troubled sea voyage.
President Wilson spent the day at the Churchill estate resting and socializing with his wife and daughters. He instructed correspondents and photographers to stay away and said he would not engage in any official business until his return to Washington, likely Wednesday.
A Fredericktown resident asks authorities to shutter a local factory arguing it is a nuisance. The move cites noise and environmental concerns affecting nearby homes and businesses. Officials will review complaints and determine next steps.
Writ of habeas corpus filed in Knox County probate court to free Thomas Doty from jail after mayor ordered his release. Sheriff re-arrested him. bond set. hearing to be held before probate judge. Also gypsies ordered to move after disturbance. nuisance suit over a sealing wax factory amid smoke and odors. Perry Roof will and estate details. other probate actions include executive appointment and final accounts.
Listing of several land and mortgage transactions in Fredericktown and Milford. Names include Rey B. Bishop to D. B. Baker and Wa. C. Myers to Noah Myers. Prices range from 69 to 1600 dollars with interests and acreages noted.
Washington reports relief from the heat wave expected all week as weather officials forecast moderate temperatures across the eastern United States. The forecast notes a rising trend later in the period but warns against unusual extremes.
Architects Howell and Thomas closed the contract for a five bath room stone and half timber residence at Sparta Ohio for P B Chase of that city. The house will include a private headog plant and water system.
An advertisement from the Buckeye State Building and Loan Company explains a five percent rate after eighteen years of service. It notes they avoid holding large cash reserves, placing funds in banks and trust companies to earn interest for the company and depositors. Assets are listed at 6,500,000 with office at Rankin Building, 22 West Gay Street, Columbus, Ohio.
The engagement of Philemon B. Stanbery and Norma Hamilton May of New York is announced with plans for a September wedding. the date was under consideration as the winter engagement drew numerous congratulations.
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